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Davro Veteran user UK 319 Posts |
I have been receiving a few emails like this lately. I can't help feeling it is a scam as when I reply I am given the runaround. Or if I say I am busy the date suddenly changes. Any ideas?
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Best Wishes from a puzzled David
Best Wishes, David
<BR> <BR>Mid way this way of life we're bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, where the right road was wholly lost and gone. |
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Trickster New user Southern California 51 Posts |
I'm going to go with scam... Here is one that came through to me about two weeks back...
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"I may not be a smart man, I'm just good at what I do"... Deuces Wild Entertainment www.TheTrickster.net |
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Christopher Congreave Veteran user U.K 377 Posts |
I have received the exact same enquiry. I have spoken to a couple of people about these type of enquiries before and they reckon that it is an overpayment scam, they send too much money on a money order/cheque and request the difference back, then the cheque/money order isn't honoured.
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Jonathan Kelly Regular user Waterford, Ireland 156 Posts |
99% a scam, if nothing else but for the poor English. Also they don't say where they saw an advertisement or anything.
"But where did the lighter fluid come from?"
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tboehnlein Inner circle ohio 1787 Posts |
The deposit will be overpaid & they will request a refund of the overpayment only for you to find out that the deposit check bounced. Run away & run fast!!
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Davro Veteran user UK 319 Posts |
Ahhh! O.K. Thanks guys.
Best Wishes David
Best Wishes, David
<BR> <BR>Mid way this way of life we're bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, where the right road was wholly lost and gone. |
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
Yeah, cashier's checks and money orders are the newest form of fraudulant documents.
Try to deposit one and it is no longer just like cash. They are simply checks now and take a long time to clear.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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nucinud Inner circle New York, New York 1298 Posts |
Report these emails to the FBI. And if you do get a check from them, send it to the FBI.
"We are what we pretend to be" Kurt Vonnegut, jr.
Now U C It Now U Don't Harry Mandel www.mandelmagic.com |
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Decomposed Eternal Order High Desert 12059 Posts |
SCAM! Several magicians are receiving these. Some are easy to tell because of poorly written sentences but they are all scams.
David, what is that fire effect in your avatar if you don't mind me asking?
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wonder pefomance New user 60 Posts |
Sometimes these emails are scams but largely a customer will overpay you anyway and you have to refund the additional monies to them. This is standard practice. I have had a lot of work from emails that people would have dismissed as scams.
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Paul Wingham Veteran user Rustington, South Coast, UK 365 Posts |
This sort of email is usually sent from a country like Nigeria and is a scam to get personal details from you and then overpay you with a cheque that is counterfeit. The cheque will clear but eventually the payee will figure the money has come from their account and claim it back from you. By this time the refund will be sent and you'll be out-of-pocket. I know this as I used to work for a bank many years ago. The tell-tale signs are the overly friendly English that sadly few people use these days.
That said, if you are legit, Priest Owen Smith, please do not cast me into the bowels of Hell. |
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Davro Veteran user UK 319 Posts |
Many thanks for the replies. It is, as I thought, best ignored.
Candini, the fire effect is flash paper to sponge ball, sorry it's not more interesting Best Wishes, David
Best Wishes, David
<BR> <BR>Mid way this way of life we're bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, where the right road was wholly lost and gone. |
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Ross W Inner circle UK 1779 Posts |
Most regular clergy are very well-educated and couldn't write English as badly as that. It's gotta be a scam.
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DoctaJones713 New user Massachusettes 64 Posts |
A friend of mine was trying to rent out a room in his apartment about a month ago. They put an ad on craigslist and got a few e-mails back. One was from a "european model" who needed a place to stay but couldn't pay. She asked them the price and said that she'd have her mom send a check for some amount that was larger and just asked them to send back the difference to her, which she'd use to buy the plane ticket.
Scam, scam, scam . . . that's just mean. We all thought that my friend was getting a model for a roomie
. . . but the third man answered, "I am building a cathedral."
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Shawn D Elite user Hughson,Ca 465 Posts |
Ive already gotten 3 e-mails from 3 different people asking the same thing as the above. From what I am hearing there is not much we can do.
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joseph Eternal Order Please ignore my 17407 Posts |
Can anyone do six hours of magic in one day anyway??... ..
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Einstein)...
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Davro Veteran user UK 319 Posts |
I work out a lot )
Best Wishes, David
Best Wishes, David
<BR> <BR>Mid way this way of life we're bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, where the right road was wholly lost and gone. |
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Lee Darrow V.I.P. Chicago, IL USA 3588 Posts |
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On 2006-06-21 20:06, joseph wrote: Sure. Ask anyone who does trade shows. And usually, we have to do it for three or four days in a row, too. Lee Darrow, C.H.
http://www.leedarrow.com
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Rob Johnston Inner circle Utah 2060 Posts |
I get bad vibes off of that one.
The poor grammar, the repeat e-mails, etc. etc. People are smarter than me at this stuff...but I say bogus.
"Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable." - Margot Fonteyn
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Mediocre the Great Inner circle Rich Hurley 1062 Posts |
Wow... I got the same M.O. from a "Priest Frank" in the U.K. who claimed he was planning a birthday party for his son at his home in Los Angeles. He wanted my address so he could send me a cashier's check in advance. Before I gave it to him I insisted on getting his full contact information. He never supplied it, so I smelled a rat and I ignored him.
Mediocrity is greatly under rated!
-------------------------------------------- Rich Hurley aka Mediocre The Great! www.RichHurleyMagic.com |
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